Is there a method to determine date format.

 

1. Machine region is set to 'Canada': yyyy-mm-dd

2. I figure I would set variable = Date ( 1 ; 1-1 ; 2014 ),  which displays '2013-12-31'

3. Now I need to get that as a string but no luck I always get:  '12/31/2014'

 

I am off track?

 

 

End goal:

a. determine the cursor position ( m, d or y ) in date field, which I have solved I am now just trying to have my script region independent.

b. avoid a custom function 

 

 

 

If

GetAsText ( Date ( 1 ; 0 ; 2014 ) )

returns '12/31/2013', then your file is not using the yyy-mm-dd date format

I believe if your region is set to Canada the format would be MM/DD/YYYY.

Here are my settings.... I will test on different machine

 

Your data viewer shows different results for =

Date ( 1 ; 0 ; 2014 )

and =

GetAsText ( Date ( 1 ; 0 ; 2014 ) )

I believe this means that:

 

1. Your system's short date format is yyyy-mm-dd;

2. The file is set to use the current system's settings (under File Options > Text > Data Entry);

but:

3. The file's saved settings are mm/dd/yyyy.

 

This is a bug, and the best way to avoid it is to clone the file under the current system.

a bug indeed..... cloning did the trick thank you.